Plate Tectonics

CONTINENT
CONVECTION
CONVERGENT
CRUST
DIVERGENT
EARTHQUAKE
FAULTS
LANDFORMS
LITHOSPHERE
OCEAN
PANGAEA
PLATES
SUBDUCTION
TECTONICS
TRANSFORM

Using modern equipment, scientists known as oceanographers have been able to measure and map out the ocean floor. What these scientists have discovered has helped explain how it is that continents are able to move around on the Earth’s crust.

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T J E R M M S R F S Q Q G N R
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I D B A B M M I F H R G A O J
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S T N E G R E V N O C I S Q B
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Answer Key for Plate Tectonics

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CONTINENT  1411n
CONVECTION  99w
CONVERGENT  1112w
CRUST  109se
DIVERGENT  615e
EARTHQUAKE  55e
FAULTS  12e
LANDFORMS  53e
LITHOSPHERE  88nw
OCEAN  99e
PANGAEA  77e
PLATES  77w
SUBDUCTION  1113w
TECTONICS  14s
TRANSFORM  1111w